Dajjaz mandi
Ingredients
- Chicken 1 kg whole
- Butter 2 ounce
- Oil ¼ cup
- Green cardamom 10
- Black cardamom 1
- Cinnamon 2 sticks
- Black pepper whole 1 tbsp
- Cloves 8 to 10
- Bay leaf 2
- Rice ½ kg
- Saffron ¼ tsp + ¼ tsp
- Yellow color pinch
- Green cardamom grinded ¼ tsp + ¼ tsp
- Salt 1 tbsp
- Onion 1 cup chopped
- Lemon juice 2 tbsp
- Lemon dried 1
Method
- Heat butter and oil in a pan add whole spices with chopped onion and whole chicken, fry till chicken golden brown on both sides add 6 cups water with ¼ tsp grinded green cardamom, ¼ tsp saffron, 1 dried lemon, salt 1 tbsp, cover and cook till chicken tender and 2 ½ cup stock left, remove chicken from stock add ½ kg soaked rice cover and cook till rice done, slightly sprinkle powdered yellow color on one side of rice only, leave it on dum for 10 minutes. Now mix well, remove in a platter, and serve chicken over rice. In small bowl mix together 1 tbsp butter with remaining cardamom powder, saffron, soaked in hot water, lemon juice, mix well, and brush on top of chicken, bake in a preheated oven for 15 minutes.
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